| 单词 | backstair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbackstair c. esp. attributive. Of, pertaining to, or employing underhand intrigue at court. (Occasionally backstair.) Also (in attributive use) clandestine, underhand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth stolenc1400 secret1548 clandestine1566 stealed1577 backdoor1581 underhand1592 surreptitial1602 surreptitious?1615 furtive1628 surreptious1630 by1633 surreptive1633 subreptitious1641 surreptitious1645 postern1648 backstairs1663 smuggled1707 underneath1747 underhanded1806 hidlingsa1810 hole-and-corner1835 side door1862 under-cover1933 under the table1938 crafty1946 1663 E. Cooke in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. v. Dartmouth MSS. 11 Sends humble service to Legge's lady..Dick Lane, and all bedchamber backstair friends. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse ii. 37 A Back-stair Minister. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man ii. 21 Is not he a back-stairs favourite, one that can do what he pleases with those that do what they please? 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 21 A back-stairs influence, and clandestine government. 1882 L. Stephen Swift 110 The back-stairs plots by which the administration of his friends was hampered. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 31 They get amusing articles, spiced with exclusive backstairs information. 1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. 19 We could carry on a backstairs affair for weeks without saying a word about it. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral ii. 58 This is the man who was the tradesman's son: the backstairs brat who was born in Cheapside. < as lemmas |
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